Outside passage: yacht charter adventure on Vancouver Island's Barkley Sound

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A week-long cruise along the west coast of British Columbia's Vancouver Island on a 48-ft Gulfstar motoryacht is described. Barkely Sound is a secluded area rich in wildlife, including whales, harbor seals and otters. Activities include kayaking, diving and shore excursions.

British Columbia, Vancouver Island

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Cruel Deception: shipwrecked on an island in the Antarctic Ocean

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A cruising sailor describes voyaging with her husband aboard a 15-meter seel-hulled sloop to Antarctica, where they were shipwrecked in a storm on Deception Island. They spent the winter in an abandoned research base and repaired their boat in the spring.

Personal narratives, Antarctica, Antarctic regions, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc., Survival

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Ua Pou (Island of Men)

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Ua Pou, an island in the Marquesas, is beautiful, and local citizens are very hospitable. A man who visited the island with his wife and young son describes visiting a church, having a delicious lunch at a college and meeting the local singing star.

Marquesas Islands

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